Samantha Anne Bee was born on October 25,1969 and is a Canadian-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actress, and television host.
42 Facts About Samantha Bee
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Samantha Bee was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Debra and Ronald Samantha Bee.
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Samantha Bee attended Humberside Collegiate Institute and York Memorial Collegiate Institute.
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At the University of Ottawa, Samantha Bee signed up for a theatre class, thinking it would be easy.
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The class led to Samantha Bee discovering her love of performing.
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Samantha Bee later enrolled in the George Brown Theatre School in Toronto.
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Samantha Bee started auditioning for acting roles in Toronto while working as a waitress.
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At age 26, Samantha Bee toured with a stage production of Sailor Moon where she played the titular role.
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Samantha Bee performed in Sailor Moons "A" cast and future husband Jason Jones was a member of the "B" cast.
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Samantha Bee was one of the four founding members of Toronto-based sketch comedy troupe The Atomic Fireballs.
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Samantha Bee became a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on July 10,2003.
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Samantha Bee was the sole female correspondent on The Daily Show from her debut in 2003 until Kristen Schaal joined the show in March 2008.
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Samantha Bee was The Daily Shows first non-US citizen correspondent.
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Samantha Bee won a Canadian Comedy Award for "Pretty Funny Female Performance" for her role.
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Jones became a freelance correspondent for the show while Samantha Bee reduced her workload during her pregnancy.
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Samantha Bee joked it was obvious that the footage O'Reilly showed was a year old because she had different highlights in her hair, before stating that her water had just broken.
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Samantha Bee was recognized with a 2005 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female TV Performance for her work on The Daily Show.
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On January 20,2008, Samantha Bee finished as the highest scoring celebrity in the CBC game show Test The Nation.
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Samantha Bee had a minor role in Episode 15, "Spy Something or Get Out", of Little Mosque on the Prairie.
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Samantha Bee played a minor role in an episode of the HBO series Bored to Death.
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Samantha Bee appeared as herself on the "Madame President" episode of The Electric Company.
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Samantha Bee did a guest voice role of a talk show hostess named Pam in the Season 2 finale of Bob's Burgers, in addition to providing the voice of Lyla Lolliberry for two episodes in Season 4 of Phineas and Ferb.
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Samantha Bee appeared on Sesame Street during Season 42 as Mother Goose.
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In 2009, Samantha Bee appeared in the original cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore.
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Samantha Bee became the longest-serving regular Daily Show correspondent after passing Stephen Colbert's record in 2011.
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Samantha Bee has played roles in the series Bounty Hunters and Game On.
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In 2014, Samantha Bee was a panellist on Canada Reads, the CBC's annual national book debate.
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Samantha Bee's new show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, debuted on February 8,2016.
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Samantha Bee tried to implement a hiring process which would give her show a more diverse staff than what is typical for a late night comedy show.
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Samantha Bee is an executive producer of the TBS comedy series The Detour, which she created with her husband, Jason Jones.
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One year into Samantha Bee's run on Full Frontal, Time named Samantha Bee one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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The day after the segment aired, Samantha Bee apologized and "deeply [regretted]" the comment.
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Samantha Bee began the episode with an apology to any women she had offended and lamenting that one bad word had overshadowed the policy of detaining illegal immigrant children which she had been criticizing.
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In December 2018, it was announced that Samantha Bee has launched a new production company, called Swimsuit Competition, as well as signing a first-look deal with TBS.
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Samantha Bee will focus on narrative and develop documentary television projects for TBS.
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Samantha Bee appeared as Jillian on the revived The Kids in the Hall, released in May 2022.
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On July 25,2022, Samantha Bee's representatives announced that TBS had not renewed Full Frontal for a seventh season, and was officially canceled by TBS.
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In 2023, Samantha Bee was named as the host of the 11th Canadian Screen Awards broadcast on April 16.
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Samantha Bee has credited Jon Stewart as one of her major influences, and in several interviews she has said that her other comedic influences include Steve Martin, David Letterman, Mary Tyler Moore, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Betty White, and Joan Rivers.
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In 2001, Samantha Bee married actor and writer Jason Jones, whom she first met in 1996.
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On January 24,2008, Samantha Bee announced a second pregnancy on air during a bit about the media's coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign, and gave birth to their second child, a son named Fletcher, later that year.
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Samantha Bee holds dual Canadian-American citizenship after being naturalized in 2014.